Special commands also provided for outline-aware filtering, tags manipulation, sorting, refiling, and archiving of items. Visibility cycling and structure editing help to work with the outline structure. TaskPaper mode is implemented on top of Outline mode. The system doesn't force any particular workflow on you it provides basic list making elements for you to use as you see fit. Empty lines are ignored when calculating ownership. The nesting can go as deep as you need it to be. Projects, tasks, and notes own all items that are indented underneath them. For instance, if you indent one task under another task, then it is considered a subtask. Indentation level (with tabs, not spaces) defines ownership. Tags can optionally have a value in parentheses after the tag name. A note can have zero or more tags anywhere on the line.Ī tag consists of an at symbol ( preceded by a space and followed by a tag name. Tags can exist after the colon, but if any non-tag text is present, then it won't be recognized as a project.Ī note is any non-blank line that doesn't match the task or project rules. A task can have zero or more tags anywhere on the line (not just trailing at the end).Ī project is a line that isn't a task and ends with a colon ( :) followed by a newline. Print handouts Review meeting notes file format is fairly simple:įiles are expected to use the UTF-8 encoding and use a newline ( ) to separate lines.Įach line makes a new item: project, task, or note.Ī task is a line that begins with a hyphen ( -) followed by a space, which can optionally be prefixed (i.e. Project meeting: Select and invite participants Prepare and distribute meeting agenda

Taskpaper item path filter